Picked up a pair of HD880 on Friday (local Craigslist). Very quick audition/inspection, offered $100 and I was gone with the speakers.
The Good:
Cosmetically perfect, no dings, dents scratches, clean faceplate, no scratches to the base unit
One supertweeter faceplate as well one tweeter faceplate still had the protective plastic film installed (look yellowish in photos).
All drivers (except woofer) working.
Supertweeter, tweeter and midrange pots all functional on both.
Both grills included, all pegs intact. One grill is flawless, the other has a very small hole at the bottom (not really noticeable). Both Marantz badges affixed.
The Bad (not so bad, mostly usual, some unusual)
Woofers require refoaming (not really an issue)
Before picking-up, I assumed these were wood veneer. These were vinyl. At home, there was lift to the laminate on the top edge of one speaker. Pulled it back and amazingly the vinyl did not seem to have any adhesive o the MDF. Continued and the vinyl on the top and sides (both speakers) came off is one single piece, like gift wrapping, took about 15 secs to come off, no glue residue.
The vinyl on the back as well as the front panels below the drivers was applied with adhesive, but easily removed with a heat gun.
The banding on the rear perimeter of both speakers is actually a wood veneer. This is a strange one! (see photo).
Inspecting the speakers yesterday to check serial numbers, I discovered two different speaker connection faceplates. Obviously not a matched pair and probably different model years. (see photos)
Today I removed the woofers and discovered one speaker used common phillips head screws, the other torx head screws.
Once removed, discovered two different crossovers (see photos).
Lastly, woofers have same part number except for last six numbers/letters.
Probably the same with mids and tweeters.
I may continue working with these, install wood veneer, refoam woofers, find matching crossovers....or part out and sell and make a 500% profit.
I would prefer to keep and restore, great looking speakers IMO.
So looking for opinions on what I have. Mostly concerned with the different crossovers and if I replace crossovers, which to use? Might be best to find a matching pair.
Comments welcomed.
Five more photos in next post.
The Good:
Cosmetically perfect, no dings, dents scratches, clean faceplate, no scratches to the base unit
One supertweeter faceplate as well one tweeter faceplate still had the protective plastic film installed (look yellowish in photos).
All drivers (except woofer) working.
Supertweeter, tweeter and midrange pots all functional on both.
Both grills included, all pegs intact. One grill is flawless, the other has a very small hole at the bottom (not really noticeable). Both Marantz badges affixed.
The Bad (not so bad, mostly usual, some unusual)
Woofers require refoaming (not really an issue)
Before picking-up, I assumed these were wood veneer. These were vinyl. At home, there was lift to the laminate on the top edge of one speaker. Pulled it back and amazingly the vinyl did not seem to have any adhesive o the MDF. Continued and the vinyl on the top and sides (both speakers) came off is one single piece, like gift wrapping, took about 15 secs to come off, no glue residue.
The vinyl on the back as well as the front panels below the drivers was applied with adhesive, but easily removed with a heat gun.
The banding on the rear perimeter of both speakers is actually a wood veneer. This is a strange one! (see photo).
Inspecting the speakers yesterday to check serial numbers, I discovered two different speaker connection faceplates. Obviously not a matched pair and probably different model years. (see photos)
Today I removed the woofers and discovered one speaker used common phillips head screws, the other torx head screws.
Once removed, discovered two different crossovers (see photos).
Lastly, woofers have same part number except for last six numbers/letters.
Probably the same with mids and tweeters.
I may continue working with these, install wood veneer, refoam woofers, find matching crossovers....or part out and sell and make a 500% profit.
I would prefer to keep and restore, great looking speakers IMO.
So looking for opinions on what I have. Mostly concerned with the different crossovers and if I replace crossovers, which to use? Might be best to find a matching pair.
Comments welcomed.
Five more photos in next post.